Gary Burtless

@GBurtless

Economist with Brookings Institution, affiliate of U. of Wisc. Poverty Institute and Retirement Research Ctr. at Boston College.

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Joined January 2013
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  1. May 9

    Robert Pear, reporter on health care & social policy, dies at 69: "... his byline appeared on more than 6,700 Times articles." A staggering record, and one that will be long admired by folks who cared about accuracy & clarity in reporting. R.I.P.

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    May 5

    Another indication of how much Keynesian stimulus we're getting: CBO's estimate of the cyclically adjusted budget balance, which says that fiscal policy is as stimulative now as it was when the unemployment rate was still above 8%

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  3. May 3

    Query: Does NYC actually save $22,000 if the jail cell goes unused & if there is no arrest? Asking for a friend ...

    It costs NYC, $2,000 to arrest someone. It costs them $500 per night to jail them on Rikers Island. If someone is sentenced to 60 days in jail because they didn't pay a $2.75 subway fare, it costs the city, $22,000.
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    Apr 28

    Five myths about federal - thanks for helping clear the economic mists!

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  5. Apr 26

    Sen Warren’s college-debt-forgiveness plan is almost the opposite of progressive redistribution. , citing research by Adam Looney [ ], shows that an awfully big % of benefits go to the well-to-do and soon-to-be well-to-do.

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  6. Apr 25

    Fascinating — though not totally unexpected — findings from a recent randomized controlled trial. They shed light on questions, why are participation rates in gov’t benefit pgms less than 100%? What happens when we increase participation?

    Recently accepted by : “Take-up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAP,” by Amy Finkelstein and Matthew J. Notowidigdo ():
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    Apr 24

    This piece by is very good. It's not a simple story. But that's kind of the point.

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    Apr 23
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    2007/8 was an extremely policy heavy primary. In 2016, Rs savaged any details Ds provided—mobilized any group that would be impacted—while giving no details of their own. In that environment, I fear your take, , is a tad risky/naive.

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  9. Apr 21

    A heartfelt and accurate tribute to the late Alan Krueger,"a master-economist for our age," from via

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  10. Apr 19

    I think there is a good deal of sense in these statements, but some look contestable in an economy where a shortfall in aggregate demand means there are underemployed resources, including people willing to work.

    Ton Sargent summarized economics into twelve things a few years ago in a presentation he gave to Berkeley students. It just showed up on my feed. FYI
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  11. Apr 16

    2 of 2/ As documents in his article, there are wide differences between analysts' in their estimates of the trend in the share of personal income going to the bottom 90% of income recipients. The differences between estimates in chart below are hardly trivial.

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  12. Apr 16

    1 of 2/ Problem: Household surveys are giving us poor information about income distribution. Possible Solution: Try combining household survey data with national accounts data to produce better distributional statistics. is on the case.

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  13. Apr 14

    From which fact we should infer that urban birds must be urban coyotes biggest fans.

    Random fact of the week: cats make up at least 1/5 of urban coyotes' diet.
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  14. Apr 11

    "College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder" says Richard Vedder. Working harder *is* a cost. Or have I been misled by economics textbook writers who don't work hard enough?

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  15. Apr 10

    In a rational & just world, every single one of them would do so.

    CHALLENGE: which Dem Presidential candidate will denounce this and endorse pre-populated tax returns?
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  16. Mar 28

    Got to agree w/ and Comprehensive, base-broadening tax reform with increased enforcement is the right way to go. via

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  17. Mar 28

    Now this is depressing: The majority of financial abuse against the elderly is perpetrated by family members, especially adult children. h/t

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    Mar 26

    Millennials are marrying, having kids, and buying homes so much later than previous generations that analysts are discussing whether “emerging adulthood” is a new stage of life between childhood and adulthood.

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    Mar 26

    Great fact check via --> The op-ed that got Stephen Moore his Fed nomination is based on two major falsehoods

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    Mar 26

    Sen. Shelby said Peter Diamond, a Nobel laureate, lacked qualifications to serve on the Fed Board. Yet Shelby now supports Stephen Moore, a non-economist who has been wrong on virtually every economic prediction or claim he's ever made, for the same job.

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